Acute silent cerebral infarction in children with sickle cell anemia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 461-464

  Dowling, Michael M ^a,b   Quinn, Charles T ^a,b   Rogers, Zora R ^a,b   Buchanan, George R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Neurology and sickle cell; Parvovirus B19 with sickle cell anemia; Sickle cell disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SILENT CEREBRAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 76749132020     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22242     Document Type: Article

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